Being able to help clients offers me beautiful opportunities for healing, learning and growing. To heal the relationship between humans and pets, to learn from the experience and to grow in unity.
Not so long ago I have had the privilege to work for more than a year with a 75 year old lady and her dogs.
One day she told me the following story.
Sunday morning her neighbour took one of her dogs for a walk. "It would not take much longer than an hour", the neighbour said.
When the hour was gone and the neighbour had not returned with her dog, my client started worrying. In her mind she imagined all sorts of catastrophes like the neighbour falling into a ravine, her dog running off and not coming back, her dog being attacked, her neighbour being attacked, and other terrible things.
Her worrying became so intense she started to feel pain in her chest. But in the end the neighbour came back with the dog. She simply had walked a bit longer because the weather was fine and the dog behaved perfectly.
When she told me her story the following Wednesday, my client was still feeling the pain her worrying had caused in her chest.
"Do you realize how great the power of your mind is?", I asked. "Filling yourself with negative thoughts made you literally ill."
"Now imagine the following", I told her: "Would it be possible, instead of making yourself ill, to heal yourself by using that same power in a positive way?"
She had never thought about that possibility.
I published this fascinating story in my series of weekly letters and from a dear lady friend who read the story I got the following comments.
That was very interesting Bruno.
I was told yesterday that my small dog definitely has lung cancer. He has trouble breathing and I was told several months ago that this might be the problem or else a lung infection which was treated and he seemed to get better. However, he has been losing muscle in his back legs and has trouble getting up so I thought whilst I was at the vet I would get him checked again, hence the confirmation that his body is lacking oxygen.
What did I do?
I started worrying that he was going to suffocate and when I asked the vet he looked at me in absolute amazement. I said I thought the time was coming when I would have to put the poor old boy to sleep (that in itself worries me to death). The vet's response was: "Your dog will tell you when he has had enough and you need not worry now. He is happy, wags his tail, eats and still goes for short walks."
I should be looking on the positive side that I still have an adored pet who is happy and enjoying life don't you think?
I am sorry I have not been on your walks for a long time but my big dog is having trouble with his back legs now and can only do short walks.
I enjoy your emails and it reinforces the wonderful relationship I have with my two boys. Long may it last.
Reading these comments I bless that vet from the bottom of my heart.
At the same time I feel grateful I was able to help my lady friend a little by means of a simple letter.
By the way, I think that worrying is a denial of God. You can change the word God by Universe, Energy, The One, The Great Spirit or whatever you want to call it but the meaning of the saying will stay clear. I invite you to meditate of it.
(P.S. The origine of the verb TO WORRY is "wyrgan" in Old English, related to "wurgjan" or "wurgan" in Old High German and "wurgen" in Flemish and Dutch. It means : TO STRANGLE. No wonder that "to worry" can literally kill us.)
MURLA
Sunday 17.07.2011 I will take you for a walk in Murla. Having spoken to the owner of the bar El Trinquet I can confirm that he will be open Sunday evening. Therefore I suggest we start walking from the parking lot in front of El Trinquet at 19.30 and have some tapas under the big tree after the walk. See you there.
With love from Bruno
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